Pad for horses  hoofs



(No, Model.) 7 W. P. RAYMOND. PAD FOB; HORSESHOOPS.

Patented Jan. 10,1882,

Inventor 7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. RAYMOND, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

PAD FOR Houses HOOF-S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,251, dated January 10, 1882. Application filed October 3, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. RAYMOND,

cation and accompanyingdrawings, in Which Figure l is a plan view of my improved pad. Fig. 2 is abottom plan of the horseshoe and pad. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pad-fastening detached; and Fig. 4 is a top plan, showing the position of the same in relation to the shoe.

Corresponding parts .in the several figures are denoted by like letters of reference.

A in the drawings refers to the pad, which may be of leather, rubber, or other suitable material, and which is of.such a shape as to fit nicely within the inner rim of the shoe B.

G is aflat spring, embedded transversely in the pad A, or placed between the layers of material of which said pad is made.

D is a wire bail,the endsof which are firmly attached to the spring 0, whilethe bail projects forward beyond thefront end of the pad, thus forming a loop, E, capableof being adjusted upon a hook, F, at the front end of the horseshoe.

In operation, after adjusting loop E upon hook F, the pad is partly bent in order to enable the projecting ends G of the spring 0 to be introduced between the hoof and the sides of the shoe, thus retainiugthe pad inits proper position. The bail or loop, being adjusted upforth.

WILLIAM F. RAYMOND. Witnesses: WILLIAM B. H. HUNT, PHILIP DIETRIQHJ 

